Abstract
This article investigates democratic innovations of a plebiscitary and action-oriented type that diverge from a predominantly transformative and reflective definition of democratic innovation. Conceptually, the article offers a balanced, extended framework that serves to recognize and understand a range of democratic innovations that includes non-deliberative besides deliberative models and methods. Empirically, the article offers a closer look at three exemplary cases focusing on the rebound of aggregative democracy through the (quasi-)referendum, the advent of collaborative democratic governance through concerted action, and of do-it-ourselves democracy through pragmatic activism. Ultimately, the article calls for a practice and theory of democratic innovation aware of and sensitive to the reality of democratic hybridization.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 444-464 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Democratization |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 3 Apr 2019 |
Keywords
- Democratic innovation
- plebiscitary democracy
- do-it-ourselves democracy
- deliberative reflections
- concretization
- GOVERNANCE
- LEGITIMACY